The Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi will be conducting the 9th
Edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) on 21-02-2016 (Sunday) for a
candidate to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for class I to VIII.
Candidates can apply only On-Line for CTET-FEB 2016 on CTET website –www.ctet.nic.in

Eligibility:

The candidates having the following minimum educational qualification are
eligible for appearing in CTET.

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever
name known)

OR

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever
name known), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure),
Regulations, 2002.

OR

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).

OR

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 2- year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*.

OR

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of two year Diploma in
Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

Graduation and passed or appearing in final year of 2-year Diploma in
Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

OR

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year Bachelor
in Education (B.Ed).

OR

Graduation with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1- year
Bachelor in Education (B.Ed), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and
Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.

OR

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 4- year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed).

OR

Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or
appearing in final year of 4- year B.A/B.Sc.Ed or B.A.Ed/B.Sc.Ed.

OR

Graduation with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1-year B.Ed.
(Special Education)*.

Exam Syllabus:

All questions in CTET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), with four
alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. Each carrying one mark and
there will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of CTET.

(i) Paper I will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes I to
V.
(ii) Paper II will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes VI to
VIII.

Note: A person who intents to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V
and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and
Paper II).

Nature and standard of questions:

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will
focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age
group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics
and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes
and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The Test items in Language I will focus on the
proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.

The Test items in language II will focus on the elements
of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

Language II will be a language other than Language I. A
candidate may choose any one language as Language I and other as Language II
from the available language options and will be required to specify the same
in the
Confirmation Page.

The Test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies
will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical
understanding of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items
will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that
subject prescribed for classes I – V by the NCERT.

The questions in the test for Paper I will be based on
the topics prescribed in syllabus of the NCERT for classes I – V but their
difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Secondary stage.

(v) Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social
Science teacher)
*For any other teacher – either (IV) or (V)

60 MCQs

60 Marks

Total

150 MCQs

150 Marks

Nature and standard of questions:

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will
focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the
age group of 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the
characteristics, needs and
psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes
and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The Test items in Language I will focus on the
proficiencies related to the medium of instruction.

The Test items in language II will focus on the elements
of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

Language II will be a language other than Language I. A
candidate may choose any one language as Language I and other as Language II
from the available language options and will be required to specify the same
in the
Confirmation Page.

The Test items in Mathematics and Science, and Social
Studies/Social Science will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities
and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. The test items of Mathematics
and Science
will of 30 marks each. The test items will be evenly distributed over
different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for
classes VI - VIII by the NCERT.

The questions in the test for Paper II will be based on
the topics prescribed in syllabus of the NCERT for classes VI - VIII but
their difficulty standard as well as linkages, could be up to the Senior
Secondary stage.

LANGUAGE OF THE QUESTION PAPER:

Main question paper shall be Bilingual (Hindi/English).

QUALIFYING MARKS AND AWARD OF CTET CERTIFICATE

As per NCTE notification No. 76-4/2010/NCTE/Acad Dated 11.02.2011: A
person who scores 60% or more in the TET exam will be considered as TET
pass.

SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION:

DATE OF EXAMINATION

PAPER

TIMING

DURATION

21-02-2016

Paper-II

09:30 to 12:00 Hours

2:30 Hours

21-02-2016

Paper-I

14:00 to 16:30 Hours

2:30 Hours

Application Fee:

CATEGORY

Only Paper – I or II

Both Paper – I & II

General/OBC

Rs.600/-

Rs.1000/-

SC/ST/Differently Abled Person

Rs.300/-

Rs.500/-

How to Apply:

For ‘ON-LINE’ SUBMISSION - www.ctet.nic.in Candidates can apply ‘ON-LINE’ at
Board’s website www.ctet.nic.in. The candidate should supply all details while
filling the Online Form. Candidates are required to take a print out of the
computer generated Confirmation Page with Registration Number after successful
submission of data. Candidates are not required to send hard copy of
confirmation page to CTET unit. However, the candidates are advised to retain
the hard copy of the application i.e. confirmation page, challan if fees is paid
by challan, for future reference.

Important Dates:

Submission of On-line application 04-12-2015 to 28-12-2015

Last Date for submission of fee through E-challan or
Debit/Credit Card 29-12-2015 (till 3:30 PM)

Final status of Candidates-Check Status & Particulars of
candidates whose fees received 30-12-2015

Period for On-line Corrections in Particulars (No correction
will be allowed in any particulars after this date) 30-12-2015 to 04-01-2016